Hello all, another very hot day! We are feeding next doors cat, he is a grumpy old thing who gets agitated at the slightest thing. He has hidden...
Hello all, we had a lovely cool breeze coming off the mountains this morning so all the windows have been open but now I must close them before...
@pete yes growing my usual, I will keep my fingers crossed for the better weather to continue for the next few weeks. It looks as if some of them...
Toms are always outside down here @DiggersJo, never had a year as bad as this :frown:
Why oh why won't my tomatoes hurry up and ripen, I'm just picking a paltry few at a time, not enough to make anything for the freezer!
Hello all, a quiet day today pottering around. Son and wife should be safely back home by now, I will ring them later just to make sure!! I...
Hello all. we've had a strange couple off days mostly on the phone! It started with a visit from an English couple who have stayed in our studio a...
Lovely pictures @fairygirl , I'm not sure I could live anywhere else without the views of the Pyrenees.
Morning all, what a change in the weather! We have 18c and heavy drizzle again. 20 deg cooler than a couple of days ago! We had a peach tree but...
I decided to do dead heading in the drizzle @Obelix-Vendée it was a treat!! @Busy-Lizzie i agree with @Tui34 re the roof insulation it would make...
Morning all, we have woken to thick fog and heavy drizzle! but it's lovely to have it cooler. We had the windows open during the night with the...
The only way round that @Busy-Lizzie is to get a friend to sow them for you and have them ready for you to plant out! :heehee:
@Busy-Lizzie, Graines Baumaux sell Sungold tomato seeds.
Hello all, I too was up early to do the watering etc. We haven't got round to getting an aircon unit yet, but we find it's not too bad at night...
Hello all, 37c for us also here with no breeze whatsoever. All pot plants had a good watering yesterday so they will have to make do 'till...
I have read that the French thought the opening ceremony was rather like themselves " a chaotic mess"!
When you re pot it use a loam based compost like John Innes no3 not a multipurpose potting compost, make sure there are drainage holes in the...
Hello all, We dipped in and out of the opening ceremony, shame about the rain. Cloudy and humid today so trying to get some things done in the...
Did it look like this when it was in the pot? What type of soil was in the pot and was it topped up/ renewed at all? How did you prepare the...
Evening all, it's been another hot day. We had to take the car for a diagnostics test early this morning to see which ABS sensor needs replacing,...
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